Schiavo judge, church part ways

This article from the St. Petersburg Times clears up some misconceptions concerning what Fox erroniously called Greer's excommunication.

Two weeks ago, Greer's pastor asked him to reconsider his membership at Calvary Baptist Church, one of Clearwater's largest and best known Southern Baptist congregations.

Calvary says it did not technically ask Greer to leave. But to some, its actions may have left the impression that the judge was forced out of the very place where disagreements are supposed to be quashed.

The truth, Calvary says, is that Greer was the first one to walk away and hadn't regularly attended church in several years.

The Schiavo case brought it to the forefront," said the church's pastor, the Rev. William Rice, who posed the question to Greer in a two-page letter. "Our purpose was simply to clarify his membership. ... He'd made public remarks critical to this church. That was his decision."

Another myth busted. Calvary was critical of Greer's decisions and editoralized about it. Greer was POd that they didn't support his actions. They went their separate ways. Hardly the brutal interdiction portrayed by the press.